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ten • realization & forgiveness

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✧ mackenzie ziegler ✧

me < hi

joey < hey

me < can u meet me
in the morning tomorrow?
i need to talk to you

joey < ok is it serious?

me < kind of yes

joey < talk to u tmr
seen at 10:07 pm

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"hi joey." i pull him into a hug.

"hey kenzie." he smiles.

"so as you know i needed to talk to you." i say.

"yes, what about?" joey asks.

"i don't think our relationship is working out anymore," i take a deep breath, "i realized some things. i'm not right for you and you're not right for me."

"oh," he replies, "i've been thinking the same, and we've both been pretty selfish to our friend group. if they're even our friends anymore" he shrugs.

"i agree joey, we should put friend before relationships and i don't wanna hurt them anymore," i say, "i hope we can stay friends."

"of course we can, kenzie." he smiles.

"i'm glad." i chuckle.

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i realized what johnny meant.

just think, realize, and then talk to me.

those words repeated in my head as he left. lauren obviously liked joey and i was being oblivious to that.

i didn't realize anything and think about my bestfriend first. why am i so dumb, ugh.

i hurt them all, and especially joey. it wasn't till a few days ago when i noticed my feelings for joey fading away.

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me < hi lolo
read at 7:30 am

me < please ik you're
on ur phone i can see you

lauren ♡ < hello what do
you need from me?

me < i'm so sorry for not
realizing you liked joey, i was
being oblivious and didn't
pay attention to what you
were saying clearly

lauren ♡ < okay?

me < and i know i was
being a total jerk to all
of you. i put my relationship
first instead of my friendships

lauren ♡ < ik. i forgive you
kenzie, we all can't stay
mad at you for that long

me < ily lolo, and i broke
up with joey

me < we're staying friends
because it was best for us

lauren ♡ < ilyt and you rlly didn't
have to do that at for me

me < rlly, i had to. it was
whats best and my feelings
were starting to go away

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just then lauren walked up to me and hugged me.

"have you talked to john?" lauren asked.

i could see the other girls walking towards us and i see smiles on their faces.

"yeah kenzie, have you?" annie questions.

"i did yesterday, he's a really good brother to you, lauren. he told me how i should think about what we talked about when you came back from canada." i answer, "he's the reason why i thought about everything and realized how dumb i was being."

"aww lauren, your brother really cares about you." ruby smiles.

"and he said that i should think and actually talk to him correctly after." i finish.

"go talk to him then." brynn smiles.

"but he's with the guys and i'm sure joey as told them all we broke up." i say.

"you both broke up?" annie asks.

"yeah it was for the best." i reply.

"okay but promise me you'll talk to my brother at lunch." lauren utters.

"i promise." i smile.

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i'm sorry there hasn't been a lot of jenzie, i didn't want to move fast like i did with my first book